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RIDGWAY — The first weekend of April is an exciting one in the Ridgway community, with spring activities kicking off in full swing on Saturday. Held t...

WEST READING (AP) — Federal safety investigators are examining a natural gas pipeline for fractures and other damage as they gather evidence on the ca...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — With a nearly 800-page Commonwealth Court ruling that declared Pennsylvania’s school funding system unconstitutional hanging over t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania will work withOhioto start testing tissue from animals that might have been affected by environmental fallout from las...

WEST READING (AP) — All seven bodies have been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in a small town in eastern Penns...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education said this week its tuition freeze has done little to stave off enrollment declines, eve...

KANE — Thursday, April 6 is the last date to register for the Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum to take place Thursday, April 13 at the Wilcox Community Cent...

DANGER. Your chances of being struck by a lightning bolt in any given year are about 1 in 500,000, according to the Farmers’ Almanac. And per the Nati...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s office said Thursday that he is expected to return soon to the chamber, although Democratic leaders ar...

HARRISBURG — Two of Pennsylvania’s most respected economic analysts offer muddy expectations of future revenue estimates for the state. Acting Revenue...

Marienville — The US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is accepting public comments on a proposal to improve facilities and enhance the visito...

HARRISBURG — Experts weighed in last week on legislation that seeks to strengthen guardianship laws, further protecting the rights of residents deemed...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is releasing a statement regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announcement that — because o...

EASTON (TNS) — As discussion about the timing of the opening day of Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season continues, a Lehigh Valley legislator has join...

HARRISBURG — Farmers in western Pennsylvania began offering their soil samples for collection in recent weeks after contamination concerns about the t...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — High schoolers could soon take on the role of teachers through a new program that will allow students to explore possible careers i...

THUNDER: With spring on the way, we’ve been doing some searching to learn more about the dangers of thunderstorms. Farmers Almanac has been a great re...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania continues to lose thousands of residents every year to drug overdoses. The latest meeting of the Center for Rural Pennsylvan...

ST. MARYS — Construction continues in the St. Marys Plaza as the new highly-anticipated ALDI supermarket takes shape. In fall 2022, the ALDI corporati...

ST. MARYS — At 44 years old, Wesley Schmidt is in need of a second liver transplant. Schmidt’s partner of 13 years, Amber Burgess, is doing everything...